BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,132	5,125	77.4	75.8-79.0	1,007	22.6	21.0-24.2
-Buncombe County	135	114	73.7	56.6-85.7	21	26.3	14.3-43.4
GENDER
Male	46	38	63.8	36.5-84.4	8	36.2	15.6-63.5
Female	89	76	82.9	72.0-90.2	13	17.1	9.8-28.0
RACE
White	114	97	83.0	73.2-89.7	17	17.0	10.3-26.8
Other	21	17	42.7	14.8-76.2	4	57.3	23.8-85.2
AGE
18-44	19	11	38.6	14.9-69.3	8	61.4	30.7-85.1
45+	116	103	86.9	77.7-92.6	13	13.1	7.4-22.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	68	59	68.7	39.4-88.1	9	31.3	11.9-60.6
Some College +	66	54	78.3	64.4-87.8	12	21.7	12.2-35.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	72	82.5	68.5-91.1	10	17.5	8.9-31.5
$50,000+	30	22	71.5	51.2-85.7	8	28.5	14.3-48.8

*This question is asked only if the respondent reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,132	5,125	77.4	75.8-79.0	1,007	22.6	21.0-24.2
-Buncombe County	135	114	73.7	56.6-85.7	21	26.3	14.3-43.4
GENDER
Male	46	38	63.8	36.5-84.4	8	36.2	15.6-63.5
Female	89	76	82.9	72.0-90.2	13	17.1	9.8-28.0
RACE
White	114	97	83.0	73.2-89.7	17	17.0	10.3-26.8
Other	21	17	42.7	14.8-76.2	4	57.3	23.8-85.2
AGE
18-44	19	11	38.6	14.9-69.3	8	61.4	30.7-85.1
45+	116	103	86.9	77.7-92.6	13	13.1	7.4-22.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	68	59	68.7	39.4-88.1	9	31.3	11.9-60.6
Some College +	66	54	78.3	64.4-87.8	12	21.7	12.2-35.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	72	82.5	68.5-91.1	10	17.5	8.9-31.5
$50,000+	30	22	71.5	51.2-85.7	8	28.5	14.3-48.8